Oscars 2016 winners list in full from Leonardo DiCaprio to Alicia Vikander
All the winners as they are announced during the awards ceremony
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Your support makes all the difference.Here is the definitive list of all the winners from the 88th Academy Awards show as they were announced across all 25 categories, from Best Original Screenplay to the grand finale of Best Picture.
Newspaper drama Spotlight was the surprise Oscar winner of the night as it was named best picture.
It was not widely expected to win best picture and the film won only one other award on the night, taking the award for best original screenplay.
Brie Larson, Mark Rylance, Alicia Vikander and, of course, Leonardo DiCaprio took the major acting gongs.
Mad Max was the biggest winner, with six awards - though none of them were high-profile.
Best original screenplay
- SPOTLIGHT - WINNER
- Straight Outta Compton
- Bridge of Spies
- Ex Machina
- Inside Out
Best adapted screenplay
- THE BIG SHORT - WINNER
- The Martian
- Room
- Brooklyn
- Carol
Best supporting actress
- ALICIA VIKANDER - WINNER
- Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
- Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
- Rooney Mara, Carol
- Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best costume design
- MAD MAX: FURY ROAD - WINNER
- Carol
- Cinderella
- The Danish Girl
- The Revenant
Best production design
- MAD MAX: FURY ROAD - WINNER
- Bridge of Spies
- The Danish Girl
- The Martian
- The Revenant
Best make-up and hair
- MAD MAX: FURY ROAD - WINNER
- The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
- The Revenant
Best cinematography
- THE REVENANT - WINNER
- Carol
- The Hateful Eight
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Sicario
Best editing
- MAD MAX: FURY ROAD - WINNER
- The Big Short
- The Revenant
- Spotlight
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best sound editing
- MAD MAX: FURY ROAD - WINNER
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Sicario
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best sound mixing
- MAD MAX: FURY ROAD - WINNER
- Bridge of Spies
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best visual effects
- EX MACHINA - WINNER
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best animated short
- BEAR STORY - WINNER
- Prologue
- Sanjay’s Super Team
- We Can’t Leave Without Cosmos
- World of Tomorrow
Best animated film
- INSIDE OUT - WINNER
- Anomalisa
- Boy and the World
- Shaun the Sheep Movie
- When Marnie Was There
Best supporting actor
- MARK RYLANCE - WINNER
- Christian Bale, The Big Short
- Tom Hardy, The Revenant
- Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
- Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best short documentary
- A GIRL IN THE RIVER: THE PRICE OF FORGIVENESS - WINNER
- Body Team 12
- Chau, beyond the Lines
- Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
- Last Day of Freedom
Best documentary
- AMY - WINNER
- Cartel Land
- The Look of Silence
- What Happened, Miss Simone?
- Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Best short film
- STUTTERER - WINNER
- Ave Maria
- Day One
- Everything Will Be Okay
- Shok
Best foreign language film
- SON OF SAUL - WINNER
- Embrace of the Serpent
- Mustang
- Theeb
- A War
Best original score
- ENNIO MORRICONE, THE HATEFUL EIGHT - WINNER
- Thomas Newman, Bridge of Spies
- Carter Burwell, Carol
- Jóhann Jóhannsson, Sicario
Best original song
- WRITING'S ON THE WALL, SPECTRE - WINNER
- >Earned It, Fifty Shades of Grey
- Manta Ray, Racing Extinction
- Simple Song #3, Youth
- Til It Happens To You, The Hunting Ground
Best director
- ALEJANDO GONZALEZ INARRITU, THE REVENANT - WINNER
- Adam McKay, The Big Short
- George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
- Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
- Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Best actress
- BRIE LARSON, ROOM - WINNER
- Cate Blanchett, Carol
- Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
- Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
- Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best actor
- LEONARDO DICAPRIO, THE REVENANT - WINNER
- Matt Damon, The Martian
- Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
- Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
- Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Best picture
- SPOTLIGHT - WINNER
- The Martian
- The Revenant
- Room
- Bridge of Spies
- The Big Short
- Brooklyn
- Mad Max: Fury Road.
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